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Notes: Lions weigh in on Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor

A few Lions gave their thoughts on the upcoming fight.

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  • Saturday is the big boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor. On Wednesday, Tahir Whitehead and Jim Caldwell gave their thoughts on the match. Whitehead, who has donated his time to youth boxing programs in the past, has good insight on the event.

  • SB Nation’s Jon Bois made this hilarious and informative video on just how volatile NFL teams have been over the past 30 years. He takes a look at how consistent or inconsistent teams’ records have been since 1987 and finds that the Detroit Lions have been the fourth-most inconsistent team in the league:

  • Eric Ebron offered a donation to the Morris Peterson Jr. Foundation, a charitable cause aimed at making improvements in the lives of inner-city children around the Flint, Michigan area:

  • Speaking of Ebron, his absence in practice has started to gain more attention from the media, leading to headlines like this:

Ebron, for whatever reason, doesn’t seem to agree, calling the story “Fake news” in a Tweet.

  • Congrats to former Lion Joique Bell on the birth of his daughter, Jiavanna:

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